A sudden of change of direction has occurred for a trial that started last month at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert, and relates to a standoff that from last year at Montreal Lake Cree Nation.At the onset of Friday's scheduled hearing, Crown Prosecutor Doug Howell stated that a number of charges were being dropp...

Ratepayers in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Buckland are heading to the polls.Election day for the vacant Div. 6 councillor seat is May 8, but advance polls are on Saturday, April 27. Dennis Smith and Lillian Jacobson are the two candidates running.Jacobson is a third-generation farmer and a dental hygienist. She's al...

Teaching people how much damage wildfires can cause and how people can prevent them is the target of a new campaign by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC).The PAGC is teaming up with the Sask. Public Safety Agency (SPSA) to run the educational campaign starting in May and finishing in June. "Human-caused fires ...

Two men have been arrested after fleeing from police in Montreal Lake Cree Nation.On Tuesday afternoon, RCMP discovered a wanted man was inside a home in the community.As officers approached the home, two men ran out and headed to a nearby wooded area.The pair were seen wading across a river before heading back into th...

One of the biggest celebrations on the Sikh calendar will bring hundreds of people to Prince Albert on Friday in what will be a first-of-its-kind event in the city.Vaisakhi is a spring harvest festival celebrated in Punjab and parts of Northern India and is traditionally marked on the 14th of April. It marks a change o...

Phoenix the cat is only about three years old but has accomplished much in that short time and used up several of her nine lives. First, she survived being abandoned at a home where there had been a murder, then she fell into a turtle's tank full of water and then she accidentally became a famous internet cat with her ...

A Prince Albert couple is still shaken up over a recent break-and-enter at their West Hill home and they believe not enough is being done to prevent these crimes. Calling it a scary and uncomfortable situation, Shawn Bayko said that on Thursday morning just after 3:20, his girlfriend got out of bed briefly when he hear...

The City of Prince Albert has pleaded guilty in Provincial Court and is taking responsibility for a workplace safety violation stemming from an incident that happened back in September 2022. The incident happened when an employee at the worksite, who was standing upright on the ledge of a retaining wall, reached down w...

The fate of a former Saskatchewan RCMP officer, who shot and killed his young lover, now rests in the hands of a King's Bench Justice.A sentencing decision for Bernie Herman has been reserved to June 18.Thursday morning's hearing at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert lasted roughly two hours and included sentencing...

One person was taken to hospital on Tuesday after a rescue near the Wahpeton Dakota Nation. Buckland Fire and Rescue said that just after 3:00 pm, they responded to a call that a person had jumped into the river just past the Wahpeton First Nation but in the RM of Buckland. RCMP, Parkland Ambulance and the Prince Alber...

What's expected to be a lengthy and emotional sentencing hearing for a former Saskatchewan Mountie guilty of manslaughter, will begin today at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert.Bernie Herman, 55, has been in custody since last January's verdict.The morning proceedings are expected to include extensive arguments fr...

The Mayor of Shellbrook is describing a joint venture with the Prince Albert Rural Water Utility (PARWU) as a detour on the town's journey for better water.With no grants available, and a price tag that was near $80 million, plans to build the new water treatment plant in the Cudworth area came to a sudden halt. The to...

A paid lobbyist will have until this fall to do his best to get the City of Prince Albert some federal funding to help build a 4,500 seat event centre in The Yard. After some debate, council agreed with a 6-3 vote to hire Douglas Richardson, a long-time lawyer in Saskatoon who has a history of lobbying and has worked i...

UPDATE: The missing woman has been found safe.Spiritwood RCMP have turned to the public for help in locating a 26-year-old woman. The woman was last seen on Tuesday afternoon at around 1 p.m. on the Big River First Nation. --cjnbnews@pattisonmedia.com

UPDATE: RCMP said that Sakebow was found in Witchekan Lake on April 24 and will be in North Battleford Provincial Court tomorrow. An Edmonton man charged with killing Teddy Whitehead on the Witchekan Lake First Nation last July is now being sought by Spiritwood RCMP. Nathaniel Sakebow, age 33, was charged with manslaug...

The field is officially set and soon Prince Albert will welcome some of the best players from the world of men's softball. On Wednesday, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) confirmed the teams that will compete for a chance to advance to the Men's Softball World Cup Finals in Prince Albert in 2025. While t...

Although they banned over 30 people this year for safety related reasons, the director of the Prince Albert Public Library confirmed there are no plans at this time to reduce hours.Alex Juorio is responding to a recent incident in Saskatoon that resulted in four of the city's libraries reducing their hours. Two teenage...

As the final few piles of snow melt and the seasons change, it's quite possible Prince Albert residents will notice discarded needles lying on the ground across the city.Lyle Karasiuk, the director of public affairs with Parkland Ambulance, said there are safety concerns surrounding needles."I think it's an ongoin...

Liquor stores in the City of Prince Albert will no longer be allowed to open before 10 a.m. and must close at 11 pm. Council passed third reading of the bylaw making the change at their regular meeting on Monday night, a change that has been pushed for by the local Community Alcohol Strategy Steering Committee for year...

After a record setting indoor season, the Prince Albert Youth Soccer Association is preparing for their outdoor season, which begins on May 1."We reached the maximum number, we had 914 players playing in indoor season," said Dragan Ivkovic, the technical director of the Prince Albert Youth Soccer Association....

After some back and forth between the City of Prince Albert and the Community Service Club that operates the handi-bus service, council voted on Monday night to give the CSC an extra $53,000 to keep the service levels intact. At the same time, council voted to accept a two-year agreement with the CSC that took three ye...

Referring to herself as a bit old school, Rose Roberts says the feeling of holding a hard cover version of the book she worked on with her mother, was very satisfying.Myths and Legends of the Woodland Cree was an idea first raised by Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte, who then approached Ro...

One driver in the rural area policed by the Ahtahkakoop/Shellbrook RCMP has learned that vice grips are not a substitute for a steering wheel. Officers pulled a vehicle over for a traffic stop on Range Road 3063 at about 1:30 pm on April 17. The officer noticed the vehicle had no steering wheel and the driver was using...

Just days after a Prince Albert cancer patient raised concerns with respect to the sudden cancellation of free parking passes at Victoria Hospital, the Saskatchewan Healthy Authority is sharing its reason why.According to a statement provided to paNOW, parking for cancer patients was managed differently by each former ...

For Prince Albert's Sarah L'Abbe, there is no feeling quite like performing in your hometown.The 18-year-old accomplished dancer is one of 300 entries at this weekend's Stars on Stage dance festival at the E.A. Rawlinson building. For the past two years, the three-day event has been held in Warman."It just feels s...

It was once the only way to listen to your favourite musicians and while tastes have changed over the decades, vinyl is still popular.With Saturday being National Record Store Day, Prince Albert's only brick and mortar record store is celebrating the occasion and the resurgence of records.Jed Forsman is Store Manager o...

Dennis Ogrodnick says he was shocked when informed a free parking pass provided to cancer patients seeking treatment at Victoria Hospital had suddenly been cut off.For the past 10 months, the long-time city councillor has been undergoing treatments for his own form of cancer. Due to staff shortages at the city's hospit...

Having been denied the first time they applied for a federal grant to help pay for a 4,500-seat events centre, the City of Prince Albert may be looking at trying something new. Council will discuss on Monday whether to pay $95,000 to hire a lobbyist to help them get the money. Staff are proposing that council hire Doug...